Bill Text: NY A08249 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Extends various chapters relating to the powers of the New York state housing finance agency and the New York state mortgage agency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - substituted by s4032 [A08249 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08249-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8249
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 8, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. V. LOPEZ, COOK, WRIGHT, HEASTIE, ROBINSON, BING,
         BENEDETTO, CAMARA, ROSENTHAL, JEFFRIES, CASTRO, GIBSON -- (at  request
         of  the  Division  of  Housing  &  Community Renewal) -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Housing
       AN ACT to amend the private housing  finance  law,  in  relation  to  an
         increase  in bond and note authorization of the New York state housing
         finance agency; to amend chapter 514 of the laws of 1983, amending the
         private housing finance law and the real property tax law relating  to
         the  powers  of  the  New York state housing finance agency to finance
         certain multi-family housing; to amend chapter  396  of  the  laws  of
         1984,  amending  the private housing finance law and the real property
         tax law relating to the powers of the New York state  housing  finance
         agency  to  finance  certain  multi-family housing, in relation to the
         effectiveness of such chapters; to amend chapter 915 of  the  laws  of
         1982 amending the public authorities law relating to the powers of the
         state  of  New York mortgage agency, in relation to the effective date
         thereof; to amend the public  authorities  law,  in  relation  to  the
         powers  of the state of New York mortgage agency; to amend chapter 555
         of the laws of 1989 amending the public authorities law and other laws
         relating to establishing a New York state infrastructure  trust  fund,
         in relation to the effective date thereof; and to amend chapter 172 of
         the  laws  of 2002 amending the public authorities law relating to the
         powers of the state of  New  York  mortgage  agency,  in  relation  to
         extending the provisions thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 47 of the private
    2  housing finance law, as amended by chapter 407 of the laws of  2010,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (c)  The  agency  shall  not  issue  bonds  and notes other than state
    5  university construction bonds and state university  construction  notes,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  hospital  and  nursing  home project bonds and hospital and nursing home
    2  project notes, health facilities  bonds  and  health  facilities  notes,
    3  youth  facilities  project  bonds  and  youth  facilities project notes,
    4  community mental health services and mental retardation services project
    5  bonds  and  community  mental  health  services  and  mental retardation
    6  services project notes, community senior citizens services project notes
    7  or community senior citizens services project bonds and  mental  hygiene
    8  improvement  bonds  and  mental  hygiene improvement notes and bonds and
    9  notes for the housing program for any of its corporate  purposes  in  an
   10  aggregate  principal  amount  exceeding  [fifteen]  SIXTEEN  billion two
   11  hundred eighty million dollars, excluding  bonds  and  notes  issued  to
   12  refund outstanding bonds and notes.
   13    S  2.  Section  6  of  chapter  514  of the laws of 1983, amending the
   14  private housing finance law and the real property tax  law  relating  to
   15  the  powers  of  the  New  York  state housing finance agency to finance
   16  certain multi-family housing, as separately amended by chapters  76  and
   17  176 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   18    S  6.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full
   19  force and effect until [June 30, 2011] JULY 23, 2013 at  which  time  it
   20  shall be repealed.
   21    S  3.  Section  7  of  chapter  396  of the laws of 1984, amending the
   22  private housing finance law and the real property tax  law  relating  to
   23  the  powers  of  the  New  York  state housing finance agency to finance
   24  certain multi-family housing, as amended by chapter 176 of the  laws  of
   25  2009, is amended to read as follows:
   26    S 7. This act shall take effect immediately, except that sections one,
   27  three,  four,  five  and  six of this act shall remain in full force and
   28  effect until [June 30, 2011] JULY 23, 2013 at which time  such  sections
   29  shall be repealed.
   30    S 4. Section 16 of chapter 915 of the laws of 1982 amending the public
   31  authorities law relating to the powers of the state of New York mortgage
   32  agency,  as  amended  by  chapter 218 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
   33  read as follows:
   34    S 16. This act shall take effect immediately except  that  the  amend-
   35  ments  to  law  effected  by  sections  one  through ten of this act, as
   36  amended, shall cease to be of force and effect on and  after  July  [16]
   37  23,  [2011] 2013, on which date the provisions of the public authorities
   38  law amended by such sections shall be as they were in force  and  effect
   39  immediately prior to this act taking effect.
   40    S 5. Section 2407 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter
   41  218 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   42    S  2407.  Bond limits. (1) Except for notes issued in nineteen hundred
   43  seventy and nineteen hundred seventy-one, the  agency  shall  not  issue
   44  bonds  and  notes,  the  interest  on which is not included in the gross
   45  income of the holders of the bonds and notes  under  the  United  States
   46  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any subsequent correspond-
   47  ing internal revenue law of the United States, in an aggregate principal
   48  amount  exceeding [nine] TEN billion two hundred twenty million dollars,
   49  excluding from such limitation (a) an amount equal to any original issue
   50  discount from the principal amount of any bonds  or  notes  issued,  (b)
   51  bonds  and  notes  issued to refund outstanding bonds and notes, and (c)
   52  bonds and notes not described  in  paragraph  (b)  of  this  subdivision
   53  issued  to  refund  outstanding  bonds  and notes in accordance with the
   54  provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the Tax Reform Act of
   55  1986, as amended, where such bonds or notes  are  not  included  in  the
   56  statewide  volume cap on private purpose bonds under section 146 of such
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    1  code provided, however, that upon any refunding pursuant to  this  para-
    2  graph  or  paragraph (b) of this subdivision, such exclusion shall apply
    3  only to the extent that the amount of the refunding bonds or notes  does
    4  not  exceed  (i)  the outstanding amount of the refunded bonds or notes,
    5  plus (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable federal tax  law,  costs
    6  of  issuance  of  the  refunding  bonds or notes to be financed from the
    7  proceeds of the refunding bonds or notes.  No such bond or note shall be
    8  issued by the agency on or  after  July  [sixteenth]  TWENTY-THIRD,  two
    9  thousand  [eleven]  THIRTEEN, excluding bonds and notes issued to refund
   10  outstanding bonds and notes. No more than five hundred  million  dollars
   11  of  proceeds  of  bonds  or  notes issued by the agency pursuant to this
   12  subdivision shall  be  used  for  mortgage  purposes  by  blending  with
   13  proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
   14    (2)  In  connection  with  the  issuance  of  bonds for the purpose of
   15  furthering programs described in this title, the agency is authorized to
   16  covenant and consent that the interest on any of  its  bonds,  notes  or
   17  other  obligations shall be includable, under the United States Internal
   18  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or any subsequent corresponding  inter-
   19  nal revenue law of the United States, in the gross income of the holders
   20  of the bonds to the same extent and in the same manner that the interest
   21  on  bills,  bonds,  notes  or  other obligations of the United States is
   22  includable in the gross income of the holders thereof under said  Inter-
   23  nal  Revenue  Code or any such subsequent law. Pursuant to this subdivi-
   24  sion, the agency shall not issue bonds, notes or other obligations in an
   25  aggregate principal amount  exceeding  eight  hundred  million  dollars,
   26  excluding  from such limitation bonds, notes or other obligations issued
   27  to refund outstanding bonds, notes or other obligations. No  such  bond,
   28  note  or other obligation shall be issued by the agency on or after July
   29  [sixteenth] TWENTY-THIRD,  two  thousand  [eleven]  THIRTEEN,  excluding
   30  bonds,  notes  or  other obligations issued to refund outstanding bonds,
   31  notes or other obligations and no mortgages shall be purchased with  the
   32  proceeds  of such bonds, notes or other obligations after such date. The
   33  board of directors of the agency shall establish program guidelines  for
   34  purposes  of  bonds,  notes or other obligations issued pursuant to this
   35  subdivision. The board of directors shall establish from  time  to  time
   36  maximum  income limits of persons eligible to receive mortgages financed
   37  by bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant  to  this  subdivi-
   38  sion, which income limits with respect to one-third of the total princi-
   39  pal  amount  of  mortgages authorized to be so financed shall not exceed
   40  one hundred twenty-five percent of  the  latest  maximum  income  limits
   41  permitted under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for mort-
   42  gagors  financed by mortgage revenue bonds, with respect to one-third of
   43  such principal amount authorized to be so financed, shall not exceed one
   44  hundred thirty-five percent of such income limits, and with  respect  to
   45  one-third  of  such principal amount authorized to be so financed, shall
   46  not exceed one hundred fifty percent of such limits.
   47    (3) The fixing of the statutory maximums in this section shall not  be
   48  construed  as constituting a contract between the agency and the holders
   49  of its bonds or notes that additional bonds and notes may not be  issued
   50  subsequently  by  the  agency  in the event that such statutory maximums
   51  shall subsequently be increased by law.
   52    S 6. Section 19 of chapter 555 of the laws of 1989 amending the public
   53  authorities law and other laws relating to establishing a New York state
   54  infrastructure trust fund, as amended by chapter  192  of  the  laws  of
   55  2009, is amended to read as follows:
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    1    S  19.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
    2  have been in full force and effect on and after June 15,  1989  provided
    3  that  the  amendments  to  law effected by sections six and nine through
    4  seventeen of this act, as amended, shall cease to be of force and effect
    5  on  and after July [16], 23 [2011] 2013, on which date the provisions of
    6  the public authorities law amended by such sections  shall  be  as  they
    7  were  in  force  and effect immediately prior to this act taking effect,
    8  and provided however that the amendments to law effected by sections six
    9  and nine through seventeen of this act, as amended,  shall  continue  to
   10  apply  to  all commitments issued or policies or development corporation
   11  credit support in force on or before July  [16]  23,  [2011]  2013,  and
   12  provided  further  that  the  amendments to section 2429-b of the public
   13  authorities law made by section 13 of chapter 3  of  the  laws  of  2004
   14  which  amended  this  section  shall not cease to be of force and effect
   15  prior to the time that full payment of all development corporation cred-
   16  it support obligations has been made or provided for.
   17    S 7. Section 2 of chapter 172 of the laws of 2002 amending the  public
   18  authorities law relating to the powers of the state of New York mortgage
   19  agency,  as  amended  by  chapter 162 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
   20  read as follows:
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain  in  full
   22  force  and  effect  until  July 23, [2012] 2013, whereupon such date the
   23  provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed.
   24    S 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
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